Wage Determination 2015-5771.pdf

This is a Wage Determination register issued by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment Standards Administration Wage and Hour Division for service contracts in Nebraska counties (Hall, Howard, and Merrick). The wage determination is effective as of December 3, 2025, and is Revision 28 of Wage Determination No. 2015-5771.

The document establishes prevailing wage rates for approximately 200 occupation classifications spanning administrative, automotive, food service, furniture maintenance, general services, health, information technology, instructional, laundry, machine tool operation, materials handling, mechanics and maintenance, personal needs, plant operations, protective services, recreation, stevedoring, technical, and transportation occupations. Wage rates range from $11.62 per hour for Taxi Drivers to $57.22 per hour for Nuclear Medicine Technologists. All occupations listed receive fringe benefits including health and welfare compensation ($5.55 per hour up to 40 hours weekly), paid vacation accruing from one to three weeks based on tenure, and a minimum of eleven paid holidays annually. The determination includes special provisions for computer professionals (footnote 1), air traffic controllers and weather observers with night and Sunday pay differentials (footnote 2), hazardous duty pay differentials of 4-8 percent for applicable positions, and uniform allowance provisions at $3.35 per week. Executive Orders 13706 and 13658 apply minimum wage protections and paid sick leave requirements for covered federal service contracts.